Airbus To Reduce A400M Production Rate

Tony Osborne January 04, 2018
Credit: A400M: Airbus Military
LONDON—Airbus will cut the production rate for its A400M airlifter to ensure what it calls a “sustainable future” for the aircraft. The company delivered 19 A400Ms in 2017, but it now plans to reduce the production rate to 15 aircraft in 2018 and 11 in 2019, Airbus told Aviation Week in a statement...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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